diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index ba3c0b8e5..30e5a3edf 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 /roll-dep*                    recipes
 /yapf*                        recipes
 
+# Additional files for cipd_bin_setup.{sh, bat},
+# including cipd/cipd.bat, cipd_client_version* and cipd_manifest*.
+/cipd* recipes
+
 # Symlinks
 /cbuildbot      recipes
 /cros*          recipes